Chapter 32 Thief in the Back Mountain
Huo Yuanzhen has been walking alone in the courtyard of Shaolin for three days, and in the past three days, there have been a lot fewer pilgrims or lay disciples who have come to Shaolin.
The people are like this, where they hear that there is something new, they will flock to where they go, these days, the Fawang Temple is full of incense, and many people are talking about the Daxiong Treasure Hall that is about to be opened.
There are five days left on the eighth day of the seventh month, which is the temple fair of Fawang Temple, and Huo Yuanzhen is also looking forward to that day.
In the past few days, in addition to this incident, Huo Yuanzhen has been circling a thought in his mind, that is, the mysterious person in the back mountain.
After Tie Niu came to Shaolin, he stayed honestly and didn't see anything unusual, but Huo Yuanzhen noticed that the tiger rhubarb he brought was squatting in the back mountain all day long, as if looking for something.
Huo Yuan really thought in his heart, is it the person in the back mountain, what secrets are hidden?
Since he got the secret book of crossing the river with a reed, Huo Yuanzhen believes that although his combat effectiveness is still not good, he already has a certain ability to escape.
At that time, Huo Yuanzhen wanted to go to the back mountain to have a look, and now seeing the tiger squatting in the back mountain all day long, Huo Yuanzhen's idea is even stronger.
Huo Yuanzhen's character is to do what he wants, and after eating at noon, the people in Shaolin basically went to take a nap, and Huo Yuanzhen went out of the back door alone and went to the back mountain.
After walking through the small drinking horse lake, there is a strange rock in front of it, forming a small dangerous peak, in fact, this is the highest place of Shaomu Mountain.
Huo Yuanzhen did not perform light skills, but walked slowly up the mountain, because he didn't know the specific location of the mysterious person, so he paid attention to everywhere.
The area of this mountain peak is not big, it is not small, it is also a radius of several miles, after walking for about two hours, Huo Yuanzhen walked around this mountain, but did not find anything.
"Where will it be?"
Huo Yuan really wanted to perform a lion's roar, but he didn't want to alarm the people in Shaolin, so he thought about it, and suddenly saw the top of the mountain, the highest rock.
This time, he performed light skills directly on the top of the mountain, and Huo Yuanzhen looked around.
"There!".
In the distance, Huo Yuanzhen saw a yellow shadow, it was the big tiger, at this time, the tiger had not yet found himself, and was crawling forward in a barren grass.
"Could it be predation?" Huo Yuan was really puzzled, and quietly observed there.
There are no big animals on the mountain at all, and this tiger is probably stuffed between his teeth with some pheasants and ducks these days, and those small things can't fill his stomach at all, so it's normal for him to try his best to hunt.
The tiger was in the wild grass, slowly advancing, Huo Yuanzhen looked at the direction he was going, it was a huge rock, and couldn't help but be surprised, what are you doing on the rock?
When the tiger was only a dozen meters away from the rock, it suddenly increased its speed and rushed straight to the bottom of the rock, as if there was something delicious under the rock.
"Evil beast, you dare to come! Get out of here!".
A faint voice came, Huo Yuan was really shocked, this voice was the voice of that mysterious person!
The tiger didn't wait to rush under the rock, but as if it had been hit by something suddenly, its body was thrown up, and after falling several meters away, it ran away with its tail between its legs.
Huo Yuanzhen licked his lips at the top of the mountain, God, this is completely an internal attack, overflowing the air waves, throwing such a big tiger up, what kind of skill should this be!
In the middle of the day after tomorrow, the internal force flows through the whole body, in fact, it can also play a pure internal force attack, but the power is very small, and it is not practical at all, but in the later stage, the power of the internal force attack is very terrifying.
It's just that the internal force attack consumes a lot of money, and it can't be used in the later part of the day after tomorrow.
And even in the late stage of the day after tomorrow, it is impossible to use internal force to achieve the level of this mysterious person, and his blow, I'm afraid that even the master of the acquired perfection can't do it.
Could it be that the mysterious figure in this back mountain is a congenital master?
But Huo Yuanzhen was far away, and he couldn't see what was going on over there, so after thinking about it, he simply decided to take a look.
Carefully touching the mountain, Huo Yuanzhen gradually walked towards the rock.
When I came to the middle of the wild grass, there seemed to be a wind blowing under my feet.
It stands to reason that there should not be wind under your feet, and if there is wind, then it is likely that there will be a huge hole nearby, and it is a ventilated hole, so that you can feel the wind under your feet.
In this case, the hole is probably in the rock.
Thinking that the tiger was knocked away by a blow just now, Huo Yuanzhen couldn't help but feel uneasy in his heart, held his breath, and slowly approached the rock.
The wind under his feet felt more and more clear, and he should be close to the hole in the ground.
But apart from a bare rock, there is a barren grass nearly a meter high, and if you don't have the heart, you can't discover the mystery here.
As he got closer and deeper from the rocks, Huo Yuanzhen gradually felt a hint of aroma.
That's right, it's the aroma, not the aroma of food, it seems to be γγγ floral, and more like medicine!
When the herbs are boiled, most of them are bitter, but once they are boiled and then practiced into pills, then there is often a fragrance that emits, and the better the pill, the stronger the fragrance.
Huo Yuanzhen suddenly understood in his heart, why the tiger would come here quietly, it turned out that it was attracted by this fragrance, the animal's sense of smell is much more sensitive than that of a human, and it can naturally find here.
There is the aroma of pills, and there are people, which means that the mysterious old man here is probably refining something, Huo Yuanzhen knows very well that it is taboo to peek at others practicing medicine, especially when the other party is still a master, I am afraid it is dangerous to go rashly.
But Huo Yuanzhen has never been a timid person, as the saying goes, how bold a person is, how productive the land is, how big the temple is, how big the monk isγγγ bah!
Finally came to the edge of the rock, Huo Yuanzhen found the entrance to the cave.
The cave was originally hidden by rocks, but I don't know how long it took for a crack to be exposed in the rock, which may have been opened by the scent of the beast.
The entrance of the cave is not very deep, and there even seems to be light inside, the tiger was attacked in this position just now, Huo Yuanzhen was even more careless, thought about it, bent down, and poked his head over.
Now Huo Yuanzhen's strongest point is his own head, the iron head has achieved great success, invulnerable, and everything is probed in advance to ensure safety.
Looking into the cave, Huo Yuanzhen couldn't help but be frightened, and almost screamed, but he didn't expect that there was really a hole in this cave.
The hole is not deep, but the area is not small, it is a circle, about thirty zhang in diameter, the periphery of the hole is a circle, there are many strange flowers and plants, dense, Huo Yuanzhen basically can't name it.
But this is not what surprised Huo Yuanzhen, what surprised Huo Yuanzhen the most was that in the center of the cave, there was actually a huge Dan furnace, two meters high, and there was a fire in the Dan furnace.
At the top of the Dan furnace, there is a protruding circular lock, on which there is an arm-thick iron lock, the length is more than ten zhang, faintly glowing with blue light, at a glance it can be seen that it is not ordinary steel.
One end of the chain was tied to the Dan furnace, and the other end was actually tied to the waist of an old man, dressed in tattered black, and he was facing away from Huo Yuanzhen at this time, as if he was choosing some medicinal herbs there.
On the ground under his feet, there were thirty or forty large and small gourds, most of which were yellow gourds, and even two red gourds, and there was a pair of plaster-like things next to them, and I don't know what kind of medicine they were, piled up in a pile.
No need to ask, Huo Yuanzhen also knows that these medicines are very good, otherwise the tigers who will not be attracted will want to come and eat them.
It's just that Huo Yuan really didn't dare to take a step forward, the old man was locked to this huge Dan furnace by the iron lock, and he couldn't move, but the iron lock was also more than ten zhang long, and he could still move within the scope of this cave, that is to say, the hole with a diameter of thirty zhang, his iron lock was estimated to be about fifteen zhang long, and within this cave, he could reach any place.
Just as Huo Yuanzhen was holding his breath and observing intently, the old man suddenly said: "Damn beast, I want to come and steal the old man's medicine and find death!"
After finishing speaking, the old man didn't reply, he directly picked up a yellow gourd under his feet with his foot, turned around and kicked it, this gourd came directly to Huo Yuanzhen with a fierce wind!
The speed was so fast that Huo Yuanzhen didn't even have time to react, and was directly hit in the head by this gourd!
"Bang!", Huo Yuanzhen was staggered, and the yellow gourd did not shatter, but rebounded back and fell about five meters in front of Huo Yuanzhen.
At this time, the old man also turned his head, and after seeing Huo Yuanzhen, his face was full of surprise, and he was stunned for a while.
The first reaction was slow, and Huo Yuanzhen's second reaction couldn't be slower.
"It's now!".
Huo Yuanzhen suddenly rushed out, and suddenly came to the yellow gourd that fell to the ground, grabbed it and ran.
The old man also reacted and shouted angrily: "You are the bald donkey of Shaolin Temple! Ahh
Before the words fell, the old man had already pounced in the air, the iron lock wrapped around his waist rattled, and his hand was not idle, and he waved a palm at Huo Yuanzhen from afar.
Feeling only a gust of wind coming, Huo Yuanzhen didn't dare to stop for the slightest, after grabbing the gourd, he immediately performed a light skill of crossing the river with a reed, his body moved quickly, and rushed directly to the outside of the cave.
In the end, Huo Yuanzhen's body rushed out of the cave, and the old man's palm wind arrived, and it exploded behind Huo Yuanzhen, and the dust was flying.
But the old man never dreamed that Huo Yuanzhen's light skills had reached such a level, after all, he was one step behind, and he watched Huo Yuanzhen rush out of the hole without a trace.